OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221472806

NOVOLEX

CARROLLTON, TX— 2022-06-23T00:00:00

Event: Container, Crushed, Crushing, Falling Object, Forklift, Ind Trk Operator, Slide, Stacked, Struck Against, Warehouse
NAICS: 326111
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346039522
Employer profile: NOVOLEX
Summary number: 221472806
Report ID: 0636900

Event description

Employee is killed when crushed by flexible intermediate bul

Investigation abstract

At 6:10 p.m. on June 23, 2022, an employee was operating a forklift in a warehouse. The warehouse had recently received an order of resin pellets, contained in Flexible Intermediate Bulk Container (FBIC) bag. There were two FBICs with one stacked on the other, each weighing approximately 2,000 pounds. The employee's forklift tore open the FBIC on the bottom of the stack, causing the resin pellets to pour out of the bag. As the pellets emptied, the FBIC on top was no longer supported and slid off and crushed the employee. The employee was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 54 M

Event type
1

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